Attempted Reagan assassin John Hinckley Jr. released from court oversight

John Hinckley Jr., who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was released from court oversight on Wednesday after spending decades in a mental hospital and later under community supervision.

"After 41 years 2 months and 15 days, FREEDOM AT LAST!!!" he posted on Twitter shortly after noon.

U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman stated in September that he would release the 67-year-old Hinckley from supervision on June 15, so long as he remained mentally stable. 

He has been living in a Virginia community since 2016 after his release from a Washington mental institution.

Friedman ruled on June 1 that Hinckley had followed the requirements for an unconditional release.

Hinckley shot and wounded Reagan in 1981 outside of a Washington, D.C., hotel. He also shot a Secret Service agent, a police officer, and White House press secretary James Brady.

The attempted presidential assassin, who plays guitar and sings, planned on giving a concert next month in Brooklyn, but the venue canceled on the day of his scheduled release from supervision.

"It is not wroth a gambple [sic] on the safety of our vulnerable communities to give a guy a microphone and a paycheck from his art who hasn't had to earn it, who we don't care about on an artistic level, and who upsets people in a dangerously radicalized, reactionary climate," the Market Hotel venue wrote on Instagram.